Archive for March, 2007

Mephisto on DreamHost

March 21st, 2007

If you’re looking to set up Mephisto on Dreamhost, look no further than these directions. Just don’t freeze to edge Rails.

Tags: dreamhost, mephisto, edge rails

Off the top of my head

March 20th, 2007

I love these five albums. In no particular order. This is not a favorites list (I can’t do that, I’m too wishy washy) or a “these are the best albums evah” list. I’m just acknowledging these great works of art:

Anodyne by Uncle Tupelo
The Soft Bulletin by the Flaming Lips
Rift by Phish
The Life [...]

RESTful Richmond featuring Ryan

March 16th, 2007

Ryan Daigle spoke at the Central Virginia Ruby Enthusiasts Group March meeting on REST & ActiveResource. It was a great presentation that made many of the core concepts of REST far more concrete than they were before. You can download a PDF of the presentation here. Also, check out ContactsAPI, which is [...]

RadRails vs. TextMate

March 9th, 2007

I’m a big fan of RadRails for doing Rails development. This is probably because I started out on my first Rails project using RDT in Eclipse, and coming from using Eclipse for Java development it already made sense. I like the idea of everything being one place: browser, testing, rake, generators, EVERYTHING. [...]

Brothers Past is Back

March 5th, 2007

Last year longtime BP fans were in crisis. Rick Lowenberg, the machine-like drummer who laid the foundation for the band’s sound with his frenetic jungle breaks and house beats, left the band to pursue a law career. At the time it was hard for us fans to see a future, even though the [...]